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osascript commands to shutdown, restart, sleep and logout mac
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Shut down without showing a confirmation dialog:

osascript -e 'tell app "System Events" to shut down'

Shut down after showing a confirmation dialog:

osascript -e 'tell app "loginwindow" to «event aevtrsdn»'

Restart without showing a confirmation dialog:

osascript -e 'tell app "System Events" to restart'

Restart after showing a confirmation dialog:

osascript -e 'tell app "loginwindow" to «event aevtrrst»'

Log out without showing a confirmation dialog:

osascript -e 'tell app "System Events" to  «event aevtrlgo»'

Log out after showing a confirmation dialog:

osascript -e 'tell app "System Events" to log out'

Go to sleep (pmset):

pmset sleepnow

Go to sleep (AppleScript):

osascript -e 'tell app "System Events" to sleep'

Put displays to sleep (10.9 and later):

pmset displaysleepnow
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